problem with Gibo he is on the Admin side while Gordon is not as popular to Noynoy and Villar kaya mababa sa survey .konti kasi Ads ..si Noynoy kilala coz of his parents while Manny dami ads sa TV .pati pamangkin ko na bata saulo na jingle nia

Bulacan to have special election after May 10 GMANews.TV - Monday, April 19Send IM Story Print Bulacan will have a separate special election after May 10 to elect the representative of the province’s first district in the House of Representatives, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Monday.

This was after the Supreme Court nullified Republic Act 9591 that created a separate lone legislative district for Malolos City, which used to be part of Bulacan’s first district, according to Comelec Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal.

The high court last March nullified RA 9591 because it supposedly did not fulfill a constitutional provision requiring a minimum population of 250,000 for a city to have its own representative in Congress.

With the nullification, the first district of Bulacan is now again comprised of Malolos City, Hagonoy, Calumpit, Pulinan, Bulacan and Paombong.

Larrazabal said they would first have to combine the congressional candidates from the supposed lone district in Malolos with the other candidates running in the first district.

The candidates who were supposed to run for a congressional seat in Malolos City were Francisco Aniag (Puwersa ng Masang Pilipino), Francisco Cruz (independent), three-term Malolos City Mayor Danilo Domingo (Liberal Party), and Tomas Valencia (independent).

On the other hand, the original candidates who were running in the first district were former Agrarian Reform secretary Roberto Pagdanganan (Nacionalista Party) and incumbent representative Marivic Sy-Alvarado (Lakas-Kampi).

Sy-Alvarado was the one who filed House Bill 3693, which brought about RA 9591. Her husband is incumbent Bulacan Vice Gov. Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado, who is running for governor in May.

Larrazabal said the poll body has yet to decide whether it will use the same ballots used in the May polls. He likewise said that they would still have to determine the best date for the special elections.

"That will still be decided by the en banc," he said. - KBK, GMANews.TV

Former president Joseph Estrada finished well behind in second place with nearly 9.5 million votes.

At 3:40 p.m. Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and Speaker Prospero Nograles banged the gavels for the official proclamation of Aquino and Binay.

The session was suspended briefly to give Aquino and Binay some time to enter the session hall and go to rostrum.

At 4 p.m., Enrile and Nograles raised the hands of Aquino and Binay to the loud cheers and applause of members of both houses and guests.

Following tradition, the proclaimed winners were not allowed to deliver speeches before the plenary.

Aquino wore a Barong Tagalog embroidered with his trademark ribbon. The formal wear was reportedly designed by JC Buendia.

Aquino is the first President to win in an automated election.

He will formally take his oath on June 30 at a venue still to be determined.

Aquino crushed his rivals after promising to tackle the pervasive graft and grinding poverty that have long afflicted the nation of more than 90 million people.

The 50-year-old bachelor also drew on the enormous public support for his democracy hero parents, late President Cory Aquino and slain Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr., who remain revered for their efforts in ending the 20-year dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.

The rafters were packed with supporters wearing yellow, the trademark campaign color of the Aquino family.

Aquino arrived at parliament surrounded by family and friends and was escorted to a holding room.

Legislators from the two houses of Congress approved Aquino’s election by acclamation, and Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri declared him “the duly elected president of the republic”.

“It is now time to heal the wounds of the election. It is time to move forward,” Zubiri said earlier on ABS-CBN television

SEPARATE Hold Departure Orders were issued yesterday against former Commission on Elections chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr. and former National Economic Development Authority Director-General Romulo Neri in connection with the graft charges filed against them.

The Sandiganbayan 5th Division issued the HDO against Neri while the HDO against Abalos was issued by the 4th Diivision.Both are facing graft charges for their alleged involvement in the aborted $329 million broadband deal between the government and the Zhong Xing Telecommunications (ZTE) of China.

The Fourth Division was tasked to handle the case of Abalos while Neri’s went to the Fifth Division.

The HDOs will prevent the accused from leaving the country without court permission.

The anti-graft body said that both Abalos and Neri violated Section 3 of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and Violation of Corruption of Public Officials under Article 212 of the Revised Penal Code.

On the case of Abalos, the Office of the Ombudsman said the former Comelec commissioner directly demonstrated his pecuniary interest in the business transaction between the government and the ZTE Corporation.

Abalos was indicted on a separate case of corruption of a public official for allegedly offering Neri a P200 million bribe.

Twice sia naging Chief of Staff ng AFP ..dahil sa two Admin nia Noon kay Erap at GMA or some sort of continuation of position since naging part sia ng coup de etat kay dating Pangulong Joseph Estrada that time

Lito Lapid meets all the necessary qualifications to become senator under Article VI of the 1987 Constitution. He is over the minimum age of 35, able to read and write, a registered voter, and a resident of the Philippines for no less than two years immediately before he got himself elected senator.

But in an interview published in Wednesday’s Philippine Daily Inquirer, Lapid said he finds it difficult to join the Senate debates on the Reproductive Health (RH) bill due to his poor English – and ultimately due to his supposedly inadequate education.

"These senators are also lawyers who spent 10 years in law school while I spent 10 years practicing my stunts," said Lapid, a stunt man-turned-actor-turned politician. "Much as I want to interpellate, my tongue is not used to English."

Lapid’s statements went viral on the Internet, with netizens giving reactions that range from sheer amusement to utter disappointment.